The idea behind this feature is simple. I want my wife Barbara to see more really good older movies, and I want to see more classics myself, so I determined to start a blog wherein we view and review them. […]
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Blog reviews of classic movies
Advise and Consent (1962) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
It’s been almost six years since our last Classic, but we are going to try again, beginning with this fascinating political drama from 1962, Advise and Consent. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury — one of the best […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Advise and Consent (1962) California Suite (1978) Hold Your Man (1933) The Lusty Men (1952) Tex (1982) I nearly chose Hold Your Man because […]
Continue reading »The Music Man (1962) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
1962 was a great year for movies; this is our second Classic choice in a row having debuted that year. The Music Man opened on Broadway in 1957; it actually beat West Side Story to the Tony award as the Best […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Attack (1956) Enter the Dragon (1973) The Music Man (1962) Prince of the City (1981) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) I […]
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The idea behind this feature is simple. I want my wife Barbara to see more really good older movies, and I want to see more classics myself, so I determined to start a blog wherein we view and review them. […]
Continue reading »Double Indemnity (1944) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Writer-director Billy Wilder was just reaching his peak in the early 1940s, hitting his first grand slam with this noirish murder mystery. It was so well-received that its two word title, swiped from insurance industry lingo, has become more synonymous […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose are these: Double Indemnity (1944) The Hill (1965) Kind Lady (1951) The Old Dark House (1932) The Temptress (1926) I chose Double Indemnity because it was […]
Continue reading »Network (1976) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Of the really good movie crop of 1976, which includes All the President’s Men, Network, Rocky, Taxi Driver, Carrie, Marathon Man, The Shootist, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Silver Streak and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, to name some obvious favorites of my […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: A Face in the Crowd (1957) The King of Comedy (1983) Mark of the Vampire (1935) Network (1976) Topkapi (1964) All of these […]
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